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...perienced business advisors and experts through on-site and/or online interactions or training, and at no cost to clients. No other program offers the same reach, resources or opportunities to create an impact to businesses at every stage of development. A Unique Business Development Service The Alas...

Embloom Designs

...n transitioning from selling at events to selling online. Hayward’s extensive experience with website design and marketing was a perfect match for Bloom’s needs. Together they worked on a new website with an online store feature that would keep overhead low and minimize the amount of maintenance need...

Unwrap the Spirit of Alaska: BuyAlaska Launches Holiday Gift Guide Showcasing Local Treasures

...state. Visit the BuyAlaska Holiday Gift Guide at www.buyalaska.com/gifts and join us in celebrating the magic of Alaska! For media inquiries, please contact: Katie Nave Program Director BuyAlaska Program, Alaska Small Business Development Center Email About BuyAlaska Program: BuyAlaska is a program...

SBA Announces Opening of Paycheck Protection Program Direct Forgiveness Portal

...urage other lenders to join Customers Bank and opt-in to the SBA portal.” Established by the CARES Act in 2020, the PPP was among the first COVID-19 small business economic aid programs and provided more than $798 billion in economic relief to small businesses and nonprofits across the nation, ...

Black Spruce Brewing Company (BSBC)

...ll was also able to help us work with our landlord-to-be to come to an arrangement that would make the beginning of the lease term more doable to us as a start-up and agreeable to our landlord.” With the BSBC starting comes the perfect brew. The beer brewed at ...

Contact Us

...iness Advisor email | message Fairbanks Center 907-456-7232 info@aksbdc.org message this office 330 Wendell Ave, Suite C Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 Jade Greene, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP Fairbanks Center Director email | message Juneau Center (907) 463-3789 info@aksbdc.org message this office 3030 Vintage Blvd....

Legal Aspects: Buying & Selling a Business

...will want to keep an owner as a consultant, a part-time or full-time employee, or an advisor. The buyer might want to consider a transition period for an owner. This requirement can either be included in the business sale agreement or negotiated separately. If an ex-owner becomes an employee, ...

Alaska SBDC Announces Ian Grant as our State Star

...siness loans, put together growth plans, and even buy and sell small businesses. He is an invaluable resource to his community and a strong leader within our own organization”. Ian Grant plays many roles for the SBDC including Assistant State Director and Juneau Center Director. Grant was nominated f...

September Update from the Alaska SBDC Executive Director

...f our communities. By tapping into and supporting buy local initiatives across the state, BuyAlaska will help connect individuals with new and productive ways to support the businesses they love and hopefully find new ones they didn’t know existed. We are also proud to showcase all of the businesses...

January Update from the Executive Director

...ms (PPP, EIDL, EIDL Advance, etc) answered in real-time. Our COVID-19 Resource Page has all of the available information on COVID-19 related programs as well as how-to guides on applications and PPP forgiveness. While there is still a ways to go to get back to the pre-COVID days, it’s ...

Marketing 49

...Bright: Create A Season of Sparkling Success;” a 3-week online course to help businesses take the stress out of holiday promotions and develop profitable solutions. Schoenwether created a quick course so participants can hit the ground running with less stress and ample support, develop customer-capt...

Mat-Su Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance, LLC

...business smoothly. They explained, “We worked one-on-one with her to make sure that we were making the correct decision when it came to deciding to buy the shares of this company. She helped us foresee what we would be doing financial-wise and how we could best spend our money. ...

Fairbikes

...or the day or several days and customers can also buy 30-day or annual passes through the website. Owners John Stowman and Jennifer Eskridge brought the bike-share model to Fairbanks after seeing it’s success in other major cities in the lower 48. Their stations are not only convenient for ...

Is The Government Buying What You Sell?

...ts. Visit the website to learn when the next “Market Assessment Opportunities: What does the Government Buy?” workshop is being offered at www.ptacalaska.org.  ...

Evergreen Business Capital Partnership with FNBA

...r-operator and is active in all aspects of the day-to-day business. Scan Home, Inc. was founded in the summer of 1983 with five containers of furniture imported from Denmark and sold at the old sports arena in Anchorage. Their objective then and continues to be offering moderately priced Scandinavian...

Kenai Cache Outfitters

...enter Director on the process. They shared, “When buying, the hardest thing to get approved for is normally the loan. Thankfully we were able to secure the loan, with the help of Cliff Cochran and the SBDC. The help of Cliff sped up the process and made sure we ...

We are hiring!

...ations. All procurement requests are reviewed and approved or disapproved by this position. All decisions relating to the movement of expenses from one line item to another, or between fund accounts, are also overseen by this position. This position also reviews all personnel postings and human resou...

5 Important Facts About COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL)

...download this EIDL identity theft letter for step-by-step instructions on how to report the identity theft case to the SBA, including how to file an SBA Declaration of Identity Theft. The letter also includes recommended next steps you should take to protect yourself from further financial harm as a...

Alaska Dinner Factory

...h & M Seafoods and many of the meals are AlaskaFit-approved healthy options. Alaska Dinner Factory even offers freezer meals for when you’re on the go and need something same-day. Alaska Dinner Factory has been able to stay relevant in the constantly changing Anchorage business environment by consist...

PPP Update & New FAQs

...78,375,015! Nationally, 5,083,585 loans have been approved for $521,385,950,607. There is currently $128,230,770,853 left in PPP funding. If you’re interested in applying, we can help, just send us an email or register to work with an advisor! SBA PPP Report as of 7/31/20 PPP Loan Forgiveness FAQs 8/...